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State Republican leaders called again Tuesday for Gov. Terry McAuliffe to order an investigation of Planned Parenthood clinics in the state.
The calls followed the release of a third video showing Planned Parenthood leaders in other states discussing the...

While recent polls have suggested Hillary Clinton is running ahead of likely GOP candidates for president in the 2016 election (and one, PPP, suggesting Bernie Sanders could give several Republicans a real run for their money) that’s not what the latest...

Yeah, yeah, it’s 16 months ahead of Election Day for the presidency, but who can resist a poll, right? And especially since the latest from Democratic-oriented PPP might raise eyebrows by suggesting Virginians don’t necessarily love our native sons.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam said Wednesday that he has raised more than $341,000 for a gubernatorial bid and more than $114,000 for a political action committee aimed at helping his fellow Democrats retake the state Senate.
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Curious about state Sen. Tommy Norment’s donations to some new GOP faces in Senate races around the state, Shad Plank found an unexpectedly active contest (at least as measured by fundraising) in the deep red District 19, based in Roanoke’s suburbs.
Long...

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump, the real estate and pop culture mogul who appears to be the front runner in an early GOP race, did John Fredericks' radio show this morning.
Trump dropped both compliment and invective, the first...

The Peninsula is unusual in having not one, but two (count 'em!), House districts that are actually competitive, and so Shad Plank took a look at the race for money that always precedes the race for votes.
In the Newport News district where Republican...

Gov. Terry McAuliffe plans to call the Virginia General Assembly into special session next month to redraw the state's congressional map, his press office said Tuesday afternoon.The news came the same day Republican General Assembly leaders asked...

Sticking with The DonaldI finally found a candidate I can support. Donald Trump. I have never cared for Republicans but Trump has the guts to clearly identify Republican ideals and values. Laid it right out there. Unlike Jeb (Bush), Trump uses...

The politicians piled in by the dozens to say it would create chaos to let stand a Virginia jury's finding that former Gov. Bob McDonnell was corrupt — a stance that shows they may be out of touch with voters' views on ethics, political scientists say.
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The following excerpt is from a speech given July 2 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.We are a country with Hispanic CEOs, with Asian billionaires and a black president. So why is it that today so many black families feel left behind? Why is...

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RICHMOND — Six months ahead of the next session of the Virginia General Assembly, Republican lawmakers say they are already looking for ways to protect religious freedom after a Supreme Court ruling affirming gay couples' right to marry in all 50...

The Florida Supreme Court today ordered the Republican-controlled legislature there to redraw at least eight of the state's 27 Congressional districts, ruling that the current map violates the state constitution's ban on partisan gerrymandering....

U.S. Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott will carry the president's free community college proposal, which would use federal and state money to provide 2 years free education to millions of students.
Scott, D-Newport News, rolled the bill out...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The chief architect of a Republican legislative redistricting plan said Wednesday that race was just one of many factors used to redraw boundaries in Virginia's House of Delegates, disputing claims that the redistricting sought at...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Lawyers for House of Delegates Speaker Bill Howell are making a surprising argument to defend against an accusation of racial gerrymandering: Raw, partisan politics targeting Democrats fueled the 2011 redistricting process as much...

For the second time in three years, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge that would have gutted the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare.
Good.
Not because the law is particularly well written, was fairly passed or lived up to its...